Bangor Daily News
Without Fear or Favor
  • Close Search
  • Sections
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Homestead
  • Arts
  • Food
  • Sports
  • Outdoors
  • Opinion
  • Obituaries
  • Classifieds
  • Public Notices
  • Jobs
  • Subscribe
  • Tools
You are logged in as:
  • Subscriber Center
Logout
  • Customer service
  • Subscriber center
  • Submit content
  • Submit correction
  • Place obituary
  • Place classified ad
  • Advertise with us
Sections
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Homestead
  • Arts
  • Food
  • Sports
  • Outdoors
  • Opinion
  • Obituaries
  • Classifieds
  • Public Notices
  • Jobs
Regions
  • State
  • New England
  • Nation
  • Bangor
  • Aroostook
  • Central Maine
  • Down East
  • Hancock
  • Midcoast
  • Penobscot
  • Piscataquis
  • Portland
  • York
More from BDN
  • Closings, cancellations and delays
  • E-edition
  • Newsletters
  • Maine Focus
  • Submit Content
  • BDN Maine: Community News
  • Events
  • Blogs
  • Health
  • Poll Questions
  • Weather
  • Deals & Coupons
  • Autos
  • Real Estate
  • Special Sections
  • Local Sponsored Content
Entertainment
  • Games
  • Lottery Results
  • TV & Streaming

Bangor Daily News

42℉ A Few Clouds
April 24, 2018
Latest News | Poll Questions | Waffle House Hero | Royal Baby | Stoned Pets

LePage will allow highway signs for Katahdin monument

Monument proponents said the lack of signs hurt the monument’s ability to draw visitors. Read More

Bangor to bolster employee domestic violence training

Son, 15, charged with murder in death of Litchfield woman

Nine dead, 16 injured after van struck pedestrians in Toronto, police say

Self-defense or provocation? Trial starts in Waldo stabbing death

Brush fires rage from one end of Maine to the other. But the woodchuck got away.

Man, son jumped from window to escape fatal Bar Harbor fire

Spokesman: George HW Bush hospitalized with blood infection

Warmer-weather eats: Here’s a list of Bangor-area food trucks

Warm weather got you feeling a little antsy? Here are the opening dates for Bangor-area food trucks. Read More
CULTURE SHOCK

Zac Brown Band to play Bangor waterfront concert

The Zac Brown Band will return this fall for its third appearance at the Darling's Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor. Read More

Study: Nearly three-quarters of commonly used medical scopes tainted by bacteria

The study found problems in scopes used for colonoscopies, lung procedures, kidney stone removal and other routine operations. Read More

Maine men accused of setting fire to 150-year-old schoolhouse

Devin Richardson-Gurney, 22, and Edward Scott, 20, were charged with arson in connection with the fire. Read More
Crime & Courts

    Judge dismisses child porn charges against former Rockland man

    Three teens arrested in connection with Litchfield death

    Judge orders NEA to allow Portland immigrant to compete in national poetry contest

    Former city of Portland employee files federal discrimination suit

See More Crime & Courts
Quick Links
  • Jobs
  • Classifieds
  • Real Estate
  • Autos
  • Public Notices
  • Special Sections

Local News

  • State
  • New England
  • Nation
  • Bangor
  • Aroostook
  • Central Maine
  • Down East
  • Hancock
  • Midcoast
  • Penobscot
  • Piscataquis
  • Portland
  • York
Loading...


Opinion

EDITORIALS

Through poetry, Allan Monga’s voice will be heard on national stage

We wish Monga all the best at the national finals this week, and know he’ll make Maine proud. Read More
    GEORGE DANBY | EDITORIAL CARTOONIST

    Tick free

    OPINION

    Maine communities are closing the digital divide to join the global economy

    LANCE DUTSON

    Picking the primary winners: Republican edition

    JOE SCARBOROUGH

    It’s becoming clear that Trump won’t run in 2020

    OPINION

    Here’s one way to support Mainers’ health: expand Medicaid


Sports

Davis homers off Price in 8th, A’s top Red Sox 4-1

Davis hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning, sending the Oakland Athletics over the Red Sox 4-1 on Sunday. Read More

    Skowhegan boxing card lacks only an opponent for the promoter in the feature bout

    Maple Leafs beat Bruins 4-3, avoid elimination in Game 5

    Kenduskeag Stream race features reliable cast of characters

    POLL QUESTION

    8-man football could preserve the sport at some Maine high schools, says coach

    Watching is a sport itself for Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race spectators


Latest News

10 things to know in national news for Tuesday

Here's a brief rundown of the news people will be talking about on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Read More
    4 hours ago

    One of the most worrisome predictions about climate change may be coming true

    Waffle House slaying suspect arrested after massive manhunt

    Judge dismisses child porn charges against former Rockland man

    He trained a pug to do a Nazi salute for a YouTube video. He’s been fined for a hate crime.

    Hasbro says worst damage from Toys ‘R’ Us collapse has passed


Community News

  • Submit News
  • Submit Events
  • Submit Scores

Enter the 2018 End Of Winter Dog Contest!

Let's celebrate the end of winter! Use the entry form provided to upload a short video of your adorable dog having fun this past winter and you will be entered randomly win a Petco gift card. Read More
    BPD Duck of Justice

    TC receives chocolatey surprise, thanks dispatchers

    The Weekly Question

    “In honor of Earth Day, how do you try to be environmentally friendly?”

    Sarah Mildred Long Bridge to close temporarily for final work

    Alewife Day at Maine Forest and Logging Museum

    ‘Bangor’s Best Bloody Mary’ Competition


BDN Videos

    ‘You can touch me’

    Erica Cole speaks

    Hiking with goats experience offered by Frankfort farm

    Portland Sea Dogs turn 25

    1-minute plog: Michael Michaud Walking and Biking Trail

    Maine student recites poem to win state competition


Politics

    LePage will allow highway signs for Katahdin monument

    STATE & CAPITOL

    Maine candidate who called his opponent a ‘creepy pervert’ faces scrutiny this week

    Collins slams Comey for releasing his memoir during the Russia investigation

    Judge orders further scrutiny of Maine GOP candidate who submitted dead people’s signatures

Sports

    Andersen helps Maple Leafs beat Bruins 3-1 to force Game 7

    Hewes leads Brewer softball team to shutout win over Bangor

    Bangor grinds out baseball victory over Brewer

    Only Red Sox, Nats on track to pay luxury tax

Maine Focus
    MAINE FOCUS

    See how Maine’s candidates for governor put $1M into politics

    MAINE FOCUS

    Political cash shows unenrolled candidates for governor are not exactly independent

    MAINE FOCUS

    A clash of money and values revealed among Democrats for governor

    MAINE FOCUS

    The contradictions hidden in money trail of Maine GOP governor’s race

Business

    Bangor Savings campus takes shape on banks of the Penobscot

    Fed up with ‘1950s’ technology, another Maine town plots its own internet upgrade

    Maine inventor ‘bends boundaries’ to make it easier to walk or stop a skateboard

    Belfast salmon farm clears first hurdle despite pleas to ‘slow down’

Opinion
    GEORGE DANBY | EDITORIAL CARTOONIST

    Tick free

    THE FROZEN CHOSEN

    I watch every show on PBS Kids (except Caillou) part 3: good stuff

    EDITORIALS

    Through poetry, Allan Monga’s voice will be heard on national stage

    LETTERS

    Tuesday, April 24, 2018: Don’t cut ties with Waterfront Concerts, Cote for governor, vaccines save lives

Homestead

    How global supply problems led a Maine ice cream maker to stop offering vanilla

    How to spring clean without harsh chemicals

    Why you should keep marijuana away from your pets

    PINE TREE BREWS

    Be green, drink locally!

Health

    Study: Nearly three-quarters of commonly used medical scopes tainted by bacteria

    50 years since fitness guru Cooper published ‘Aerobics’

    CATCHING HEALTH

    Did you know? Reading is good for your health

    POLL QUESTION

    ‘There was no help for me’: Fighting addiction on Maine’s coast has been a struggle

Outdoors

    LePage will allow highway signs for Katahdin monument

    With warmer water, fish need more oxygen than their gills can supply

    Birds that can’t stand the heat of a warming world grow smaller

    GEORGE'S OUTDOOR NEWS

    Don’t let the blackflies kill you like they did this falcon

BDN Maine
    OPINION

    What Linda Brown knew: Racism was all-American

    Why a Portland artist is giving you permission to touch her

    Enter the 2018 End Of Winter Dog Contest!

    OPINION

    My law degree wasn’t meant for money laundering. But boy, it would make it easy.

Arts & Culture

    Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to a baby boy

    Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, enters hospital in early stages of labor

    Why a Portland artist is giving you permission to touch her

    ‘Smallville’ actress Allison Mack accused of recruiting women for sex-cult leader

Food

    Warmer-weather eats: Here’s a list of Bangor-area food trucks

    Popular Belfast restaurant Chase’s Daily to make some changes

    Plant-based cooking on the menu for midcoast hospital kitchen staff

    TASTE BUDS

    Remembering Ethel with Her Danish Soup

Blogs
    JEFF SOLARI'S SPORTS CHOWDAH

    Yankees Fans: The Aaron “Bleepin” Boone Era Begins. Good luck!

    THE FROZEN CHOSEN

    Asking “What can I let go of?” in spring

    FRANCO-AMERICAN NEWS AND CULTURE

    Maine Music Society ~ Mozart live concert at the Gendron Franco Center

    SUMMER IN MAINE: KIDS, CAMPS, COMMUNITY

    Girls with Grit: Camp Director Shares Tips for Building Resilient Leaders

Follow Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • RSS
About Us
  • BDN History
  • Contact Us
  • Staff Directory
  • Sitemap
  • Questions
Subscribe
  • Choose a Subscription
  • Newsletter Sign Up
  • Mobile Apps
Customer Service
  • Manage Subscription
  • Make a Payment
  • Vacation Hold
  • Home Delivery Feedback
  • Get Help
Advertising & Marketing
  • Advertise with us!
  • Creative Services Guide
  • Special Sections
  • Streamside Marketing
Services
  • Public Notices
  • Classifieds
  • Jobs
  • Autos
  • Real Estate
  • Coupons & Deals
  • Photo & Video Store
© Copyright 2018
One Merchants Plaza, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor, ME, 04402-1329 — 207-990-8000
Terms of Service — Privacy Policy